STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
three men killed MANY BUILDINGS DAMAGED. SOUTH ENGLAND STORMS. t ßritish Official Wireless.l (Received 9 a.m.) RUGBY, June 25. Severe thunderstorms broke over London and Southern England this afternoon. Three men were killed by lightning, including a golfer at Manchester. Lightning also damaged many buildings in a wide area around London. Other damage was done by heavy hail and rain. The temperature, which had reached 85 degrees—the highest point this year—fell 10 degrees in a few minutes. Airmen approaching London this afternoon reported having seen 14 storms breaking over the metropolitan area.
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Northern Advocate, 27 June 1935, Page 7
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